Particle Acceleration Linked to Alfvén Wave Propagation on Small Scale Density Gradients

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 219-222

  Genot V ^a,b   Mottez, F ^c   Louarn, P ^a  

^a CESRA/NRS   (France)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

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AURORA;

EID: 0347844481     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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